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Active M.P.s
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ASHORT while ago, a group of Tory M.P.s formed a small committee, headed by Mr. Martin Lindsay, Member for Solihull, to consider, among other matters, production and export of commercial vehicles. I met Mr. Lindsay the other day. What did his committee hope to achieve? I asked him. He replied that they aimed to provide a channel for keeping M.P.s and the Government fully informed about the industry. All very laudable. What did
cl 6 surprise me was the seriousness with which Mr. Lindsay's committee are tackling their new task.
Within the span of a few weeks, Mr. Lindsay told me, they have visited Simms Motor Units and Leyland Motors, and have been addressed by several personalities, such as Mr. J. M. A. Smith, Ford assistant managing director.
I approve of M.P.s who form committees and then try to do something about it. To say the least is to remark that it is a pleasant change after all the Royal Commissions who grow dusty with age—and produce little of apparent interest.
Tough Babies
WHAT is the public's image of the typical haulage contractor? He's a tough, burly, bearded individual. according to the author of "The Mortons," a serial which has just been started in a newspaper which is published in the north-west.
In the first instalment burly John Morton's unscrupulous son George, the firm's general manager, bribed a rival's employee to keep him informed •of the competitor's activities. It ended with the arrival at John Morton's office of a detective sergeant from the local police station.
The second instalment—I can't wait to receive it—is entitled " Manslaughter."
Whoever does the dirty deed I bet they don't get the rate for the job.
for Taskers
TIATIVE is a quality I am always ready to applaud. So I reby record a large pat on the back to Taskers of Andover.
if an operator is not too fussy about the odd inch or iifference in length and width from his ideal specification, in buy a semi-trailer off the shelf. e £40,000 investment by Taskers in making available from most of their standard range of trailers and semi-trailers aounced only five or six weeks ago—is paying off. The ne has been in operation since the end of 1960 and Taskers been selling, off the shelf, an average of two units a day is fashion.
istal improvements
ST Friday, a number of technical Press representativesLyself included—descended on London's Victoria Coach on to have a look at the redesigned booking hall. I don't : anyone would deny the old heavy iron grilles and 1930 r at London Coastal Coaches were in need of a little al. An all-glass front now faces the passengers, backed soft pastel shades. Very nice and airy.
,t, It is whispered, all this activity cost some 02,000. So ced Mr. L. E. Corbett, the traffic manager, how coaches fairing. "Very well," was his answer. I gather both , rsions and express bookings are well up on last year, in :ct of immediate as well as advance bookings.